A Reporter’s Journey Into Gaza

<p>As the war against Hamas enters a seventh week, Israel finds itself under intense pressure to justify its actions in Gaza, including the raid of Al-Shifa Hospital, which it says is a center of Hamas activity. Hamas and hospital officials deny the accusation.</p><p>Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The Times, was one of the reporters invited by the Israeli military on an escorted trip into the enclave.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/patrick-kingsley">Patrick Kingsley</a>, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Traveling into Gaza with an Israeli military convoy, Times journalists saw houses flattened like playing cards and<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/world/middleeast/northern-gaza-israel-hamas-war-ruins.html"> a city utterly disfigured</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>